Terra Cotta Warriors

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Terra Cotta Warriors in Color Photos March 29, 2023

Reputed as one of the greatest archaeological finds in the twentieth century and the eighth wonder of the world, Terracotta Warriors is something you definitely can not miss. This terracotta army was intended to protect the afterlife of China’s first...

Inside Painstaking Process of Making Terra Cotta Warriors March 28, 2022

When a viewer first steps into the galleries of Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220), he or she comes face-to-face with four life-size ceramic warrior figures with distinctive postures. Beyond the statues, one ...

Archaeologists Excavate 200 More Terra Cotta Warriors January 08, 2020

n 1974, farmers digging a well in China’s Shaanxi province stumbled upon fragments of a life-size clay figure crafted in the shape of a battle-ready soldier. Subsequent excavations revealed a stunning, now-iconic archaeological discovery: an army of ...